Benjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement /
Benjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement / Alan Houston. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale Univ. Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xi, 321 pages) : illustrations, maps - The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history . - Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-306) and index.
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Author's Note""; ""Map of Philadelphia by Nicholas Scull and George Heap, 1752""; ""Map of British North America, c. 1750""; ""Map of the British Atlantic World, c. 1763""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Commerce""; ""2. Association""; ""3. Population""; ""4. Union""; ""5. Slavery""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix: Franklin and Weber""; ""Chronology""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary of Names""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G"" ""H""""i""; ""j""; ""k""; ""l""; ""m""; ""n""; ""o""; ""p""; ""q""; ""r""; ""s""; ""t""; ""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""y""
This fascinating book explores Benjamin Franklin's social and political thought. Although Franklin is often considered "the first American," his intellectual world was cosmopolitan. An active participa.
English.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Political and social views.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Political science.
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
Hommes d'État--États-Unis--Biographies.
HISTORY.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Civics & Citizenship.
Political and social views.
Political science.
Statesmen.
Biography.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
E302.6.F8 / H77 2008eb
973.3092 B